World War II Honoree

Charles H. Foster

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Abilene, Texas

Honored By

Dr. Doug Foster

Relationship

Son

DRAFT NOTICE RECEIVED IN THE FALL OF 1942. REPORTED ON JANUARY 14, 1943. INDUCTED AT CAMP WALTER IN MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS. BASIC TRAINING AT ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. BILLETED ON THE 14TH FLOOR OF THE PRESIDENT'S HOTEL. JOINED THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS AFTER BASIC. ASSIGNED TO THE MESSAGE CENTER AT THE PENTAGON IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ACCEPTED TO CADET TRAINING AND WAS ASSIGNED TEMPORARILY TO A SPECIAL TASK FORCE TO SET UP A SUPPLY BASE IN THE AZORES FOR SHIPS GOING ON TO ENGLAND. CADET BASIC TRAINING AT MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. ASSIGNED TO A COLLEGE TRAINING DETACHMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE IN MAY 1944. WENT TO SPENCE FIELD AT MOULTRIE, GEORGIA FOR HOLDING AND THEN TO PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING AT MAXWELL FIELD IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. REASSIGNMENT TO CRYPTOGRAPHY AT KEESLER FIELD AT BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI. SIX WEEKS OF CRYPTOGRAPHY TRAINING AT CHANUTE FIELD IN RANTOUL, ILLINOIS. ASSIGNED TO WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. HE PUT OUT THE MESSAGE WHEN PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DIED. WENT TO KEARNS FILED IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FOR OVERSEAS PROCESSING. ASSIGNED TO ATTU ISLAND, ALASKA, WHERE HE WAS ON V-J DAY IN AUGUST 1945. ROTATED BACK TO TYLER, TEXAS FOR DISCHARGE ON FEBRUARY 21, 1946.